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'many, but not all, cases of Long Covid can be explained by POTS – a condition we've known about for years and know how to manage.' Photo: Getty Images

What is POTS - and how is it related to Long Covid?

New research has found that three in four people with Long Covid also had postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

Health • 10 Aug

Research has found that one in four patients who were treated for Covid-19 are still showing unusual blood clotting activity up to a year later Photo: Getty Images

Could blood clotting be causing Long Covid symptoms?

Brainstorm • 16 Sep 22

'Our analysis suggests that Long Covid can be characterised into three distinct groups based on clusters of symptoms reported'. Photo: Gladskikh Tatiana/ Shutterstock

Long Covid: hair loss, lower sex drive and 60 other symptoms

A new study has identified 62 symptoms associated with Long Covid, including some previously less well known ones

Long Covid • 27 Jul 22

'Many no longer take those precautions over which we have individual control: mask wearing, physical distancing and choosing carefully whether to attend crowded events'

Do reinfections increase the risk of Long Covid?

'One of the absolutely critical issues about Long Covid is that we should not underestimate it'

Long Covid • 21 Jul 22

What's holding up treatments and trials for long Covid?

Up to 82% of patients are still reporting symptoms like breathlessness, fatigue and brain fog months after leaving hospital

Long Covid • 22 Jul 21

The Millions Missing Campaign in Dublin in 2018 which was to highlight the millions of 'missing' patients with ME around the world. Photo: Getty Images

The similarities between long Covid and chronic fatigue syndrome

Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) has been routinely dismissed and misdiagnosed by medical professionals, and the similarities between it and long Covid could lead to a similar …

Long Covid • 08 Oct 21

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